Four arrested after local meth lab discovery

Friday

Jan 19, 2007 at 12:01 AM

By Mo JacksonTimes Staff Writer

Rainbow City police officials said four people were taken into custody Saturday night after a meth lab was discovered in the back of a mobile home in Horizon Place.They were arrested after police discovered a meth lab in a metal storage building on the back of the property and finished crystal meth in plastic bottles, Capt. Rick Hill.Charges are pending on all four suspects, Hill said.Hill said police were serving a warrant for one of the suspects, when she allegedly ran into the backyard and hid.Hill said officers then followed her to the backyard and could smell the drugs cooking.He said the backyard was littered with drug paraphernalia."We found a 2-liter bottle and a 1-liter bottle with finished product residue," Hill said Thursday. "In the storage unit, we found two Mason jars in phase two of the process of making it."Hill said drug paraphernalia and "a considerable amount of product" were found inside the residence.He said he couldn't recall any recent meth lab busts and the cooking process for the drug was a different, new, quicker and more dangerous method.Etowah County drug officers said the method involves the mixing of ingredients in a 2- to 3-liter bottle and shaking it to create the finished product.After the product is shaken, it has to sit for two to three hours, officials said."It's a simpler and much more dangerous way of cooking it," Hill said. "Because of it, we as a police department in Rainbow City are taking a more proactive approach."A hazardous material team also assisted on the scene.

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